Example sentences of "[v-ing] i [vb base] n't " in BNC.
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| 1 | cos it 's not raining I do n't know what I 'm talking about |
| 2 | He was singing I do n't know why I love you , but I do , and a holiday couple in shades of beige were making it a waltz of dance-class precision . |
| 3 | If there 's somenthing I have n't got I park and bargain with the road workers . |
| 4 | Anyway , we 've finished all we can eat of this Cambozola , and the wine bottle is only good for sticking candles in , and we are still sitting on the carpet lit by one small lamp somewhere over in the corner , and she keeps filling in the pauses by staring into my eyes as if she 's checking I do n't wear false eyelashes , and I start to think it 's about time I got up off the floor . |
| 5 | You were n't listening I do n't expect . |
| 6 | And , whether , whether she was still listening I do n't know , put the phone down . |
| 7 | What I 'm trying to do is chair a meeting and to prevent what happening what 's just happened when people start jumping up and shouting I do n't think that 's productive ways to chair any meeting or allow that to happen . |
| 8 | What they were going I do n't know . |
| 9 | cos every I do n't want you going I do n't want you going on , by yourself , cos it 's dark . |
| 10 | I liked the bit when you were going I do n't know what to do |
| 11 | But damn it it was so wicked , remember the flash geezer from the seventies , yeah , they 're going right just down the road , they 're all going I do n't like him and he 's going look just let me do it my way and you do it yours right |
| 12 | I 'm going I do n't know . |
| 13 | yeah till he sconded it all on gambolling I do n't know what people see in gambolling do you ? its like Willie Thorne |
| 14 | If I 'm looking for anything I prefer to shop in , but if I 'm just browsing I do n't mind going like out of the town , down to or up to for a day but , if I 'm looking for something particular I prefer to stay in cos I know where to go . |
| 15 | I do n't like I do n't like getting I do n't like getting |
| 16 | Er and I think perhaps teaching I do n't know whether it 's different today but they seemed to instil in us the love of , of poetry and the , the love of literature and that sort of thing . |
| 17 | I do n't mind saying I do n't blame him a bit ! |
| 18 | If you rationalise it by saying I do n't want a row because I 've got so much on my plate , it usually bounces back at you , often in an amplified form . |
| 19 | I 'm not saying I do n't like playing acoustic , mind , but it 's tough sometimes . |
| 20 | Saying I do n't agree |
| 21 | The most consistently bearish — well he is a Brit — Stephen Smith of PaineWebber , says that until recently , saying you did n't like IBM was ‘ like standing up and saying I do n't like apple pie . ’ |
| 22 | That is n't the same as saying I do n't know who they were . |
| 23 | I 'm not saying I believe this , and I 'm not saying I do n't , but … |
| 24 | ‘ Are you saying I do n't ? ’ he enquired in a dangerously soft voice that slid down her spine like melting ice . |
| 25 | But I 'm your client saying I do n't want that advice . |
| 26 | He saw the flicker of doubt in her eyes , and added with a husky laugh , ‘ I 'm not saying I do n't want you . |
| 27 | You saying I do n't ? |
| 28 | I 'm going round in circles here , I know , that 's why I bought the refill for , that 's what I 'm saying I do n't know what the other one is , |
| 29 | Well that 's a good idea , the thing , you see the thing is she says oh , we , I read anything , you know , buy anything , well I said well suppose you 've already got it , you know , it 's erm , and also we offered him some , some author 's names so he did n't like this , and he did n't want that , you see , so , erm , but , in one hand he 's saying buy me anything and the other hand he 's saying I do n't like this and I do n't like that |
| 30 | I do n't care what other people do I 'm saying I do n't think you |